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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2011
Preston Jackson, Longmont, CO (US);
John Bacus, Boulder, CO (US);
Paul Mclean, Denver, CO (US);
Jeffrey Hauswirth, Westminster, CO (US);
Preston Jackson, Longmont, CO (US);
John Bacus, Boulder, CO (US);
Paul McLean, Denver, CO (US);
Jeffrey Hauswirth, Westminster, CO (US);
Trimble Navigation Limited, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for creating an annotated angle with the user specified points are described herein. Embodiments of the present invention relate to reducing or eliminating the effort a user must put forth in creating an angular dimension by drawing two explicit lines or two explicit objects comprised of two lines where either the user would have to ensure the explicit lines intersected to form the angular dimension or define an exact center point to be the vertex of the angular dimension. Further embodiments allow a user to easily create the annotated angle by defining points in the CAD interface eliminating the need to create line geometry with the defined center point in the CAD interface. In one embodiment, this is achieved by the user specifying a start point, a start direction, an end point, and an end direction where the annotated angle may then be created based on the user defined points in the CAD interface.